Category: F.I. Mindset
What Is Your Rich Life 2?
Wow, I can’t believe it has been one year since I wrote part one of “What is Your Rich Life?” Now is a perfect time to re-evaluate our core values and what is important to us. Over the last year, I know I have been laser-focused on setting my family up for success in the…
I Have Everything I Want in Life… And Then Some
There are rare moments in life where you can truly appreciate everything you have worked towards. Whether it is coming home from deployment or surviving cancer, you will know when it hits you. I have had many of these moments throughout my 22 years in the Marines and 15 years of marriage, but none may…
Become a Lifelong Learner. Become Rich.
It is a shame that school does such a poor job at teaching us how to learn. By the time we finish school, we decide that learning is not an essential part of our daily routine. We may continue to grind to get a higher degree, but money is the reasoning behind that. As a…
What’s So Great About Being Independent?
It seems that everyone nowadays wants to be independent. No, I am not talking about financial independence; I am talking about living alone, climbing the corporate ladder, and screaming from the top, “I made it by myself!” Ouch, what is the total price we pay when we go through life alone, without a soulmate or…
A Childs’ First Book on Passive Income
1. When we leave our parent’s house, we start alone. 2. We get a job to pay for our expenses. 3. When we don’t work, we don’t get paid. 4. We work, and work, and work. 5. We become tired of working for money. 6. If only we had friends to help us pay our…
Welcome to Stress Freedom
Someone should do a study on the effects of stress on the body and the mind. Well, I am sure that it already exists somewhere, but I can tell you from my experiences that stress sucks. The only way to beat stress is to overcome it. Over the last couple of years, I have become…
I Bought a Kindle Oasis!
Now, I am not a huge money-spending person, but when I do spend, I do it right. I just bought the Kindle Oasis from Amazon. I was first looking at the Kindle Paperwhite, but why would I settle? I am working so hard to build up my passive income via rents, royalties, and dividends, that…
How to Stay Motivated
Every morning I wake up between 2 AM and 3 AM, and I write 1000+ words towards one of my topics. I then go run three miles before coming back to talk to my wife on the phone. When I get home from work, I edit my work, create fresh artwork, and publish my article.…
Being Unique Sells: See A World of Abundance
One of my favorite YouTube channels is a dude playing Pokemon games on-stream. But he isn’t your typical guy; he is cursing up a storm. Every word out of his mouth is a swear word. I absolutely love this channel, and it is hilarious to have such lousy language over a children’s game. Obviously, it…
The Succeeding in Reading: 54 Takeaways from 54 Books
We just discussed why reading is vital to building wealth in the article “The Succeeding in Reading.” Now let’s look at the 54 books I have completed in the last ten months. “10 Other Real Estate Investments You Can Make” There are many ways to profit with real estate, outside of owning rental homes. “40…
The Succeding in Reading
So you want to become rich, correct? Do you want to have loads of money coming in while you are lightly resting comfortably on the beach? Well, there is only one way to get there—by reading. Wait, let me take that back. There is a second way to get there. The second way to get…
How to Accumulate Your First $100,000
Numbers are amazing. Numbers make the world go round, and many times we are too shy to talk about numbers. We don’t want to admit how much we have invested or how much we paid for a house or car. But talking about numbers can be a freeing experience as well. This article is about…
Lawsuit, Inheritance, Lottery: Is This How You Plan to Get Rich?
Is this a funny title to you? It may sound a little weird, but these are the three ways that most people plan on becoming wealthy: lawsuit, inheritance, or lottery. “Why don’t people just earn their own money to become rich,” you ask? Because that would take effort. These methods seem humorous from the outside,…
The Biggest Book on Passive Income Ever
The Biggest Book Ever of Passive Income includes 310+ Chapters, 1,000+ Pages, 350,000+ Words! And did I mention that each chapter has its own individually crafted chapter artwork? This should keep you motivated to reach the end. If you can finish this book, your outlook on life will be vastly different. Good Luck on your…
Standard Employee by Day, Passive Income Superhero by Night
Most people over the age of 8 don’t dream of being a superhero; our dreams have been supplanted by reality. But today, I can freely admit that I am a superhero—a Passive Income Superhero. I can finally admit it today because I just came up with the realization yesterday when I was talking to a…
5 Takeaways from “Smart Couples Finish Rich”
“Smart Couples Finish Rich,” by David Bach, is the book I wish I had read when my wife and I got married in February 2006. It would have been nice to prepare financially and mentally for what was going to come. Meh, no use crying over spilled milk. Every couple should read this book, whether…
When Life Gives You Lemons… Make Passive Income Lemonade
I started from nothing. I remember working at McDonald’s during high school for $4.25/hour and being happy with my paychecks. My parents raised me to have a strong sense of core values and discipline. However, that’s all I left the house with when I joined the Marines in 1999. I met my wife one day…
Happy Financial Independence Day!
Today we celebrate! We celebrate our freedom from the tyranny of the workforce. No longer do we have to grind five days a week, 22 days a month. It was a long road to get to this point, and most of us didn’t make it out. The few who survived and can call themselves financially…
Happiness isn’t Free
“I want a big house, a nice car, lots of money, and a wonderful spouse!” This statement is typically what a person decides will make them happy—this is their version of happiness. If everyone dreams of this amazing life, then why do so many fall short? Well, happiness isn’t free. Happiness is a combination of…
Can You Achieve Work-Life Balance 2
Now, it is time to get to the specifics on how to achieve work-life balance. To be very clear, the only way to truly achieve this critical balance is to become work-optional, which means that at any time, we can pack our bags and leave. We are basically working for the intangibles such as companionship,…
